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Object Number
99-12-70/53398
Display Title
Paddle-shaped spear or staff
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Staff, carved wood, long tapered paddle -like blade at 1 end, cracked/ broiken t
Classification
- Staff
Department
Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
/
France
/
French Polynesia
/
Windward Islands
/
Tahiti
Additional Geographic Terms
Society Islands
Materials
Wood
Dimensions
Overall: 278 x 5.5 x 3.5 cm (109 7/16 x 2 3/16 x 1 3/8 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
53398
Credit Line
Gift of the Heirs of David Kimball, 1899
Provenance
Provenance
Boston Museum
Donor
David P. Kimball
Donor
Augusta K. Horton
Donor
L. Cushing Kimball
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